Meal planning - week of August 26th

I'm loving these cooler temps in the morning...it sure is helping my half marathon training!  

This is going to be an easy week of cooking...

Monday

Meatless Monday - Roasted Sweet Potato/Black Bean Burrito

http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/special-dietary-needs/vegetarian/roasted-veggie-and-black-bean-burritos/

Tuesday

Baked Whole Chicken & Roasted New Potatoes and Asparagus

Baked Whole Chicken

 3-5 lb. whole organic chicken
4 sprigs of a fresh herb (thyme, rosemary, sage or oregano)
6 garlic cloves, peeled and squashed
1/2 lemon
Olive oil
kosher or sea salt
freshly ground pepper

http://www.cinnamonspiceandeverythingnice.com/roasted-new-potatoes-and-asparagus/

Wednesday

Leftovers

Thursday

Dinner with friend

Hope you all have a GREAT week!  Looking forward to this weekend & the Color Vibe 5K!

Meal planning for week of August 19th

Hope all of you had a great weekend:)  We had a GREAT time in Waynesville, NC - such a great town.  Delicious food & tons of antiques.  I've already told Trey that we had to go back without our bikes next time so I can bring home some treasures.  We both had great rides...sometimes it pays to be a little slower - the guys got soaked on their ride, they were so fast they rode right into the rain...we were much slower and just stayed behind the rain the whole time.

My plan is to be home all week so that means we will be eating at home (hopefully).  We are at the cabin today and had breakfast for dinner - spinach, tomato & homemade pork sausage (made in Brevard) omelets.  I LOVE having breakfast for dinner.

Last week was a little crazy for us (shocker, I know) so we ended up eating out a few times so I'm doing a repeat on two of the meals for last week.  So here is my plan for this week:

Monday

Meatless Monday - Roasted Vegetable Casserole

http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/2013/07/18/recipe-roasted-summer-vegetable-pasta/

Tuesday

Chicken Fajitas with Quinoa Mexi Lime Salad

http://www.skinnymom.com/2013/08/05/quinoa-mexi-lime-salad/

Wednesday

Salmon recipe from last week

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/03/grilled-garlic-dijon-herb-salmon.html

Thursday

Grilled pork chops, oven-roasted sweet potato fries & either salad or green veggie

http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2013/05/simple-garlic-honey-pork-chops.html

http://www.gimmesomeoven.com/oven-roasted-sweet-potato-fries/

Friday

Not sure yet:)

Hope all of you have a GREAT week...I know it is "back to school" for most of you!

Meals for week of August 12th

Well...I'm happy to report that training is going as planned & I must brag for just a minute and share with you (which most of you already know) but I pedaled ALL the way to the top of Mt. Mitchell this weekend!!  It was hard of course but going downhill in a rainstorm with limited visibility was scary!!!  I would much rather just climb in the sunshine:)

I'm home now from the weekend and have started "meal planning" for the week.

Monday

Meatless Monday - Southwestern Stuffed Spaghetti Squash

http://bevcooks.com/2011/10/southwestern-stuffed-spaghetti-squash

Tuesday

Crock pot - Pork Roast with Apples & Sweet Potatoes

http://www.amyscookingadventures.com/2011/11/crockpot-pork-roast-with-apples-sweet.html

Wednesday

Chicken - Chicken Fajitas w/homemade tortillas & Refried Beans

Here is a fajita seasoning recipe - be sure to make your own

http://slmpetersen.blogspot.com/2012/08/food-friday-fajitas-with-homemade.html

http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/2010/05/26/recipe-whole-wheat-tortillas

http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/2011/08/29/recipe-easy-slow-cooker-refried-beans
I will probably half this recipe - 2 cups of beans is alot.  They say you can freeze the leftovers but I've never tried it.

Thursday

Fish - Grilled Garlic Dijon Herb Salmon, Roasted Cauliflower & Salad

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/03/grilled-garlic-dijon-herb-salmon.html

http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/roasted-cauliflower-chickpea-toss-120744.aspx
Going to modify the cauliflower recipe a little, just one head of cauliflower & cut down on the cheese.

On Friday we will be hitting the road again to Waynesville, NC.  Doing the Blue Ridge Breakaway metric century ride on Saturday.

Hope you all enjoy & have a GREAT week!

Meal Planning - week of August 5th

WOW...it's been a while:-).  I've kind of slacked off on staying in touch through my blog.   I have started training for the Spinx Half Marathon in October, along with a metric century bike ride in a couple of weeks.  I am now home for a while & focused on training and eating REAL food.  My goal is to "meal plan" for the week and share it with you.

Monday - Meatless Monday
Tuesday - Crock pot meal
Wednesday  - Chicken/Pork/Beef
Thursday - Fish
Friday - Pasta
Weekends - too hard to plan for

This week:

Monday

Southwestern Stuffed Peppers (I've posted these before)
http://simplylovefood.blog.com/2012/02/25/southwestern-stuffed-peppers/

Just omit the ground turkey.  Be sure to make your own taco seasoning...
http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/homemade-taco-seasoning-mix

Tuesday

Chicken Philly Sandwiches
http://foodfamilyfinds.com/slow-cooker-chicken-philly-sandwiches-recipe/

These are delicious - I did not use Dales seasoning though.  Dales is extremely salty for my taste.  I just used organic soy sauce.  If you are trying to eat REAL - watch your bread for this.  I'm just going to stuff mine in a Trader Joe's pita or maybe go without.

Make some baked sweet potato fries & a big green salad.  If you like honey mustard - here is a yummy quick REAL dressing...

1/4 cup dijon mustard
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tsp. red or white wine vinegar
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. black pepper

Wednesday

BBQ Pineapple Pork Kebobs
http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/clean-eating-bbq


Thursday - I'm out of town but try a fish recipe

Friday

Sun-dried Tomato Brocoli Pasta
http://cookieandkate.com/2012/spicy-sun-dried-tomato-and-broccoli-pasta/
Will probably grill a piece of chicken to go along with it.

Hope you all have a GREAT week!  Enjoy!

If any of you are interested in joining us for some training long runs, just let me know!